The financial police broke into the premises of Juventus today, due to the alleged embezzlement of over 55 million USD! Gazzetta dello Sport reports that the president of the Old Lady, Andrea Agnelli, the vice president, Pavel Nedved, the former sports director, Fabio Paratici, and three other executives of the club are under investigation due to the financial irregularities.Italian authorities raided the club’s offices in Turin and Milan, where they collected documents regarding transfers, invoices and financial reports. The investigation refers to the profit from player transfers and managerial fees during the 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons.The Public Prosecutor’s Office opened the file after the investigation into the cases of capital gain in Serie A, and the transfer in which Miralem Pjanić and Arthur swapped clubs in 2020 is under special scrutiny, Gazzetta writes.Sat, 20.00: (2.30) JUVENTUS (3.40) ATALANTA (3.35)“The financiers of the Turin Economic-Financial Police Unit, delegated to the investigations, were instructed to find documentation and other useful elements relating to the company financial statements approved in the years from 2019 to 2021, with reference to both the purchase and sale of rights to the sports performance of the players, and the regular formation of financial statements”, reads the official statement of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Turin.“At present, the activities are aimed at ascertaining the crime of false communications from listed companies and issuing invoices for non-existent transactions, towards the top management and the managers of the business, financial and sports management areas.”Under consideration there are various transfer operations of professional players and the services rendered by some agents involved in the relative intermediaries.”CR7 can’t stand defeats – unseen dressing room footage from his times at JuventusThe official press release also states that the investigation began in May 2021 under the name “Prisma”, with the intention of determining whether certain legal entities benefited from specific committed crimes.Let us remind you, Fabio Paratici became the sports director of Tottenham in July this year, and he performed the same function at Juventus from July 2010 to May 2021. Nedved became a member of the club’s board in 2010, where he had previously ended his playing career, and was appointed vice president in October 2015. Andrea Agnelli took over the presidency on May 19 2010, making him the fourth member of the Agnelli family to run Juventus, following his father, uncle and grandfather.
